Potato Peel as a Source of Important Phytochemical Antioxidant Nutraceuticals and Their Role in Human Health – A Review

Food processing as one of the most important industries over the globe, however, byproducts of such industrial activity that are mainly organic material must be handling in appropriate manner to avoid any environmental violence. Sanitation and disposal problem of food processing by-products is priority hence many approaches were suggested including recycling of such ingredients and utilize in several food and / or non-food applications (1). By-products of food processing is an inexpensive, affordable, and valuable starting material for the extraction of value added products such as dietary fiber, natural antioxidants, biopolymers, and natural food additives(2-4). However, the central dogma is still the stability, and economic feasibility of the processing development (5,6).